Local girl needs your help to get around

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

Please enable Javascript to watch this video

It's a contest that could change an eight-year-old Rock Island girl's life and her mom's as well. The child was born with Spina Bifida and the family's now asking the community for help.

Eight-year-old Cecilia Padilla's room is covered in her favorite color purple, along with posters and pictures of boy bands.

"She's just a typical normal eight-year-old, I mean she does all the normal things that all the other eight-year-olds like to do," said Cecilia's mom, Alexis Gluck.

However, Cecilia hasn't had it as easy as other kids her age. When Gluck was four months pregnant she learned her daughter would be born with Spina Bifida.

"It caused a lot of different issues we deal with and one of the biggest we're dealing with right now is the orthopedic issues. She's got very brittle leg bones that have caused multiple breaks," said Gluck.

Cecilia has had 29 major surgeries.

"I have to carefully lift her out and her legs don't bend the way ours should bend exactly and with her having brittle leg bones just getting her into a car is dangerous," said Gluck.